International Relations with Advanced Research

On the MA International Relations with Advanced Research program at University of Hertfordshire students will study a range of modules, taught by research active staff who are experts in their fields. The modules are assessed through a variety of both traditional, such as essays, presentations, critical reviews, and non-traditional, such as podcasts, blogs, simulations, assignments, which aim to assess and develop not only discipline-related knowledge but also transferable, soft skills necessary for future employment.

Key facts

• Students will also complete a 12,000-word research dissertation on a topic of their choice. Whether it is the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the climate emergency, the energy crisis, or the war in Ukraine, international relations has never been more relevant.

• This Advanced Research award provides students with opportunity to further hone and advance their personal research, analysis, and communication skills. Students will complete the extended dissertation project on a topic of their choice.

• The extended dissertation combines a 12,000-word research project and a 10-minute conference style presentation. This helps prepare students for conducting independent research as well as communicating that research in a professional setting.

• This degree is aimed at applicants who wish to find employment in careers that require advanced research and communication skills, such as government departments, non-governmental organisations, businesses, marketing, journalism, or those wishing to proceed to postgraduate research.

Careers

• policy analysis and creation roles within government, think tanks or NGOs

• vocation settings, including journalism, human resources or marketing within both the media and private sector

• research within academia, government agencies, or private sector businesses including polling, market research or research and development.

Courses include:

• Data Analysis in International Relations

• Puzzles and Paradigms in International Relations

• Globalising Economies: Emerging Markets and the Politics of Development

• The Geopolitics and Diplomacy of Sport

• Governing the International, the Global, and the Planetary

• Justice and Morality in International Relations

• Geopolitics: Development and Diplomacy